CVE-2025-38738

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

Unavailable / Other

Publication date:

14/08/2025

Last modified:

18/08/2025

Description

SupportAssist for Home PCs Installer exe version(s) 4.8.2.29006 and prior, contain(s) an Incorrect Privilege Assignment vulnerability in the Installer. A low privileged attacker with local access could potentially exploit this vulnerability, leading to elevation of privileges.

Impact

Vector 3.x

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS v3.1 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 6.70 MEDIUM
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): High
Privileges Required (PR): Low
User Interaction (UI): Required
Scope (S): Unchanged
Confidentiality (C): High
Integrity (I): High
Availability (A): High

Base Score 3.x

6.70

Severity 3.x

MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:a:dell:supportassist_for_home_pcs::::::::		4.8.2.38851 (excluding)

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

https://www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/en-us/000356690/dsa-2025-296-security-update-for-dell-supportassist-for-home-pcs-and-dell-supportassist-for-business-pcs-vulnerabilities